Course Overview

What is petroleum engineering? Petroleum engineering involves all activities concerned with the production of crude oil or natural gas. Most activities herein fall within the upstream sector of the oil and gas supply chain. Undertaking roles related to petroleum engineering also requires thorough knowledge of other disciplines.

What is reservoir management? Reservoir management refers to the allocation of resources to optimise the recovery of hydrocarbons from a reservoir while minimising reservoir performance resulting from inabilities to completely characterise reservoirs and flow processes.

This Zoe’s Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management training course will empower you with a comprehensive understanding of drilling and reservoir management, which are critical aspects of the petroleum industry.

Through Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management this course, you will understand and gain the confidence to handle any role related to any process across the upstream sector of the oil and gas value chain.

With the understanding and experience acquired, you will receive multiple opportunities for higher roles and responsibilities within and outside your organisation.

Course Objectives

The primary objective of this Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management training is to empower professionals with—

• a comprehensive understanding of drilling and reservoir management
• the required skills and confidence to manage any activity or process involved in petroleum exploration and production, thus making one dynamic to undertake multiple opportunities and roles
• the experience and exposure to handle challenges and emergencies and take timely decisions to combat any negative impact
• the required knowledge and information to guide other professionals on all critical aspects of drilling and reservoir management
• the foresight and perspective to predict all possible challenges and risks and devise corrective actions to prevent impact to life, infrastructure or the environment
• the skill and ability to maximise hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs, thereby reducing costs and increasing profits
• the knowledge and confidence to work with advanced techniques and systems to expedite and optimise hydrocarbon recovery from the reservoir, preventing wastage of resources, time or money
• the potential and ability to contribute to organisational growth and development by optimising processes leading to a reduction in costs
• the awareness and knowledge of all required standards and benchmarks to be followed by one’s organisation

Training Methodology

Zoe Talent Solutions customises its training courses as per the intended audience. Therefore, before each session commences, the course content is thoroughly reviewed to check for the need for amendments, and changes are made if needed.

The training is delivered by experienced professionals from the relevant domain. The trainers also assign projects and other tasks related to the topic of training to the trainees in groups to foster trainee interaction and participation.

Role-plays and case study discussions form an integral part of the training format. Situational analysis and experiential learning also help enhance trainees’ understanding.

This unique and effective format of training of Zoe Talent Solutions is called the Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model.

Organisational Benefits

With professionals undertaking this Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management course, their organisations will derive the following benefits:

• Trained and experienced professionals to oversee drilling and reservoir management operations
• Application of advanced methods and technologies to maximise hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs, thereby reducing costs and increasing profits
• Regular training of employees to ensure that the workforce is capable of handling newer methods and technologies efficiently
• Timely detection and identification of possible risks and challenges and introduction of robust corrective action plans to mitigate these to prevent impact to life, infrastructure or the environment
• Greater organisational credibility because of robust risk assessment and management systems as well as operational excellence
• Organisational development as a result of greater investments due to better organisational systems and increased credibility, thus securing a competitive position for the organisation
• Adherence to all required standards and benchmarks of petroleum exploration and production

Personal Benefits

Professionals enrolling for this Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management course will benefit in the following ways:

• Thorough understanding and complete overview of drilling and reservoir management
• Knowledge of modern techniques and technologies that could optimise the hydrocarbon recovery process, thereby saving costs and enhancing operational quality and productivity for one’s organisation
• Increased confidence and experience to train other professionals on various aspects of drilling and reservoir management
• Greater understanding and knowledge of all required standards and regulations to be followed during petroleum exploration and production
• Enhanced skill set and capabilities to successfully determine all critical aspects that require focus, change or enhancement during the petroleum exploration and production process, in turn, proving one’s potential and talent for greater opportunities and securing one’s career growth and progression
• Better foresight and experience to predict all challenges and devise corrective actions to minimise the impact on the organisation, people and environment
• Increased potential and ability to contribute to organisational growth and development through enhanced processes and systems to maximise hydrocarbon recovery from reservoirs

Who Should Attend?

• Senior members of an organisation responsible for strategic decisions related to drilling and reservoir management
• Engineers involved in all processes and operations of petroleum exploration and extraction
• Managers and leaders overseeing multiple operations related to petroleum exploration and extraction
• Financial advisors responsible for controlling expenses and providing financial advice
• Internal and external auditors responsible for ensuring adherence and maintenance of all required standards
• Vendors and suppliers involved at some or many stages in the upstream sector of the oil and gas chain
• Any other professional interested in knowing more about drilling and reservoir management

Course Outline

The Applied Drilling and Reservoir Management course covers the following topics to effectively understand drilling and reservoir management:

Module 1 – Drilling Operations

• Drilling technology
• Drilling mud
• Casing and cementation

Module 2 – Drilling Methods

• Drilling rigs
• Percussion or cable drilling
• Rotary drilling
• Rotary percussion drilling
• Electro and turbo drilling
• Directional drilling
• Explosive drilling
• Flame piercing

Module 3 – Types of Platforms for Underwater Drilling

• Submersible barges and platforms
• Jack-ups
• Floating platforms
• Drilling barges
• Drillships
• Fixed on-site platforms
• Sub-sea templates

Module 4 – Types of Wells

• Exploratory wells
• Developmental wells
• Geopressure/geothermal wells
• Stripper wells
• Multiple completion wells
• Injection wells
• Service wells

Module 5 – Methods to Measure Well Performance (inflow)

• Vogel’s inflow performance relationship
• Isochronal testing
• Multi-rate tests incorporating non-Darcy flow
• Two-phase methods

Module 6 – Objectives of Reservoir Management Activities

• Decreasing risks
• Increasing oil and gas production
• Increasing oil and gas reserves
• Minimising capital expenditures
• Minimising operating costs
• Maximising final hydrocarbon recovery

Module 7 – Factors Influencing Segregation of Reservoir Management Activities

• Logistics and size of reservoirs
• Geological complexity
• Reservoir rock and fluid properties
• Depletion state
• Regulatory controls
• Economics

Module 8 – Main Steps Influencing Reservoir Modelling

• Reconstruction of the reservoir geological model
• Selection of reservoir mathematical model
• Calibration of reservoir geological model
• Prediction of reservoir future performance

Module 9 – Types of Reservoir Models

• Analog
• Decline curve
• Analytical
• Small numerical gas
• Large-scale, full-field

Module 10 – Petroleum Reserve Estimation Methods

• Volumetric
• Decline analysis
• Material balance calculations
• Reservoir simulations

Module 11 – Factors Affecting Reserve Estimation

• Reservoir type
• Source of reservoir energy
• Quantity and quality of geophysical, geological and engineering data
• Assumptions adopted
• Available technology

Module 12 – Methods for Recovering Additional Product

• Acidising
• Fracturing
• Pressure Maintenance
• Water flooding
• Miscible flooding
• Fire flooding
• Steam injection